Decreases in the number of covered workers occurred in 36 percent of the counties in South Dakota. The greatest percentage decreases happened in Ziebach, Miner and Deuel counties, and the largest absolute losses occurred in Minnehaha, Pennington and Brookings.

Three counties (Codington, Faulk and Meade) remained unchanged percentage-wise in the number of covered workers during 2010.

Number of Covered Workers by County
2010

County

2009

2010

Percent Change

County

2009

2010

Percent Change

Aurora

874

921

5.4%

Hyde

545

549

0.7%

Beadle

8,121

8,177

0.7%

Jackson

727

735

1.1%

Bennett

875

878

0.3%

Jerauld

1,339

1,446

8.0%

Bon Homme

1,864

1,858

-0.3%

Jones

487

493

1.2%

Brookings

16,681

16,439

-1.5%

Kingsbury

1,668

1,678

0.6%

Brown

19,890

20,009

0.6%

Lake

4,526

4,461

-1.4%

Brule

1,957

2,004

2.4%

Lawrence

11,514

11,547

0.3%

Buffalo

368

462

25.5%

Lincoln

13,693

14,491

5.8%

Butte

2,703

2,686

-0.6%

Lyman

1,473

1,502

2.0%

Campbell

413

400

-3.1%

McCook

1,289

1,309

1.6%

Charles Mix

3,421

3,437

0.5%

McPherson

638

626

-1.9%

Clark

873

930

6.5%

Marshall

1,529

1,523

-0.4%

Clay

5,791

5,797

0.1%

Meade

6,903

6,905

0.0%

Codington

14,918

14,916

0.0%

Mellette

345

390

13.0%

Corson

870

860

-1.1%

Miner

844

797

-5.6%

Custer

2,624

2,524

-3.8%

Minnehaha

113,188

111,986

-1.1%

Davison

11,456

11,486

0.3%

Moody

2,295

2,357

2.7%

Day

1,997

1,946

-2.6%

Pennington

52,391

51,874

-1.0%

Deuel

1,624

1,534

-5.5%

Perkins

1,136

1,119

-1.5%

Dewey

2,027

2,135

5.3%

Potter

876

874

-0.2%

Douglas

1,075

1,116

3.8%

Roberts

3,437

3,518

2.4%

Edmunds

1,124

1,191

6.0%

Sanborn

690

670

-2.9%

Fall River

2,446

2,497

2.1%

Shannon

3,752

3,662

-2.4%

Faulk

574

574

0.0%

Spink

2,410

2,510

4.1%

Grant

3,706

3,777

1.9%

Stanley

1,267

1,277

0.8%

Gregory

1,408

1,436

2.0%

Sully

519

533

2.7%

Haakon

720

721

0.1%

Todd

2,945

3,091

5.0%

Hamlin

1,670

1,684

0.8%

Tripp

2,127

2,093

-1.6%

Hand

1,286

1,273

-1.0%

Turner

2,306

2,194

-4.9%

Hanson

481

521

8.3%

Union

8,749

8,607

-1.6%

Harding

398

419

5.3%

Walworth

2,198

2,218

0.9%

Hughes

10,307

10,532

2.2%

Yankton

11,807

11,773

-0.3%

Hutchinson

2,518

2,551

1.3%

Ziebach

300

279

-7.0%

Totals may not add due to rounding.
Data subject to revision.
Produced by the Labor Market Information Center, South Dakota Department of Labor, in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.